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Phoenix shoot Firetornadoes to burn their prey alive!

The Phoenix is a tier 15 Volcano animal, and equivalent to the Dragon, T-Rex, Bigfoot, Kraken, King Crab, Yeti, Snowman, Snowgirl, and Pterodactyl. It was introduced on June 6, 2018.

Technical

Appearance

The Classic/Season 1 Phoenix, which is the default design as of now, is an orange avian animal with a fire motif. It has a broad head, a pointy broad beak with nostrils, and yellow orange wings ending in fire. Its body is slightly darker than its head. It has short fiery tail feathers.

The Classic/Season 1, Alpha, Golden, and Copper Phoenix skins have a passive ripple animation on their wing and tail flames to make them seem like they are made of fire, turned on by default. This animation can be toggled off and on in-game for all Phoenixes by typing /anim-switch:phoenix into the chat. Other skins have no animation and the command doesn't have any effect.

All skins have a unique fire tornado and fire skin, but the fire tornado is always a circular whirl of fire.

Purchasable skins

The skins listed below are or have been accessible to buy in the Shop. Older versions or non-purchasable skins may be seen in the article's infobox and/or asset gallery.
Skin
Cost
Picture
Golden Phoenix From the Golden Skins Deal [3000 Gems] GoldenPhoenix
Alpha Phoenix From the Locked Skins Deal [5000 Gems] AlphaPhoenix
Aqua Phoenix 1000 Mopecoins (coins) AquaPhoenix
Ice Phoenix 4600 Mopecoins (coins) IcePhoenix
Ash Phoenix 3500 Mopecoins (coins) AshPhoenix
Red Giant Phoenix 4500 Mopecoins (coins) RedGiantPhoenix
Classic Phoenix From the Mope.io Classic Skin Pack [5000 Gems] Phoenix-S1
Copper Phoenix 600 Gems CopperPhoenix
Bonfire Phoenix 1200 Gems; no longer purchasable (standalone cost)
Also From the A Summer 2025 Pack; no longer purchasable
BonfirePhoenix
Singularity Phoenix 5000 Mopecoins (coins) SingularityPhoenix
Celestial Phoenix 10000 Mopecoins (coins) CelestialPhoenix

Strategy

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Criticism

Before the "Golden Age" update, the Phoenix was criticized due to its excessive lava loss when leaving the Volcano, especially being an apex tier animal.

After the Golden Age update occurred on December 23, 2019, when the Desert was adjusted to acquire Lava animals, the Phoenix became extremely overpowered. It would hardly lose lava in the Desert, and the fire tornadoes were now able to move extremely fast and were hard to escape; particularly, the Phoenix made the Pterodactyl practically unplayable due to the fire stopping them from using the flying ability, and being able to damage them a lot.

Later on, the Developers made some nerfs for the Phoenix, making it have longer boost intervals, losing lava overtime unless in a lava spot, having a shorter diving time in lava and making the Tornadoes being a little slower, making it a mediocre Lava animal, but somewhat unplayable in the Desert due to Giant Scorpions and Dino Monsters easily being able to overtake the Phoenix and kill it from low lava loss.

Trivia

Interesting facts

Glitches

Comparison between an Aqua and Golden Phoenix without and with animation turned on.

Comparison between an Aqua and Golden Phoenix without and with animation turned on.

History

This section lists the update history of the Phoenix as it is recorded in the changelog, as well as leaks or reveals from social media. Certain changes that were not explicitly added to the changelog might be missing.
Update History
Update Changes and notes
August 1, 2025
  • The Singularity Phoenix SingularityPhoenix and the Celestial Phoenix CelestialPhoenix skins are added to the Shop as winners of the Cosmic skin contest.
June 28, 2025
  • The Bonfire Phoenix BonfirePhoenix is added to the Shop. It can be bought on its own for 1200 Gems, or it can be bought as part of the "A Summer 2025 Pack" deal for 3500 Gems.
March 29, 2025
  • The Copper Phoenix CopperPhoenix is added to the Shop. It is bought with gems rather than mopecoins.
  • The Ice Phoenix IcePhoenix has its price changed from 4599 Mopecoins (coins) to 4600 Mopecoins (coins).
  • The Phoenix doesn't collide with beehives in trees anymore.
November 15, 2024
  • Default Phoenix skin reverted, changed from the Season 2 skin Phoenix-S2 to the Classic / Season 1 skin Phoenix-S1.
  • Phoenix's animation is on by default again.
  • Phoenix's fire tornados don't need to be on a player to be summoned anymore, displays name of targeted player.
  • Bug fix: Phoenix can't target animals in 1v1 anymore.
  • Bug fix: Animated skins animate properly again.
c. 2024
  • Animated Phoenix skins bugged, render as an orange circle.
May 30, 2023
  • In Wild Mope, Phoenix has the following buffs:
    • Shoots out a big fire tornado that shoot 1-3 fireballs randomly
    • Max fire tornado amount increased to 8
    • Lava range increased by 10%
    • Lava capacity increased by 20%
April 24, 2023
  • Bug fix: Phoenix properly spawns at Volcano.
December 22, 2022
  • Bug fix: Can dive in lava lakes again.
December 20, 2022
  • Bug fix: Fixed Phoenix's ability execution.
February 1, 2022
  • The Classic / Season 1 Phoenix Phoenix-S1 is replaced as the default skin, by the Season 2 Phoenix Phoenix-S2.
July 30, 2021
  • Golden Phoenix GoldenPhoenix and Alpha Phoenix AlphaPhoenix have been removed from the Shop as individual items. They can only be purchased by buying their respective bundles.
May 22, 2021
  • Aqua Phoenix AquaPhoenix, Red Giant Phoenix RedGiantPhoenix, Ice Phoenix IcePhoenix, and Ash Phoenix AshPhoenix added to the Shop.
  • Bug fix: Phoenix now gets XP from prey if they die from the burn inflicted by a bite.
  • Bug fix: Arena fire hurts Phoenix normally now instead of being reduced.
September 25, 2020
  • Golden Phoenix GoldenPhoenix is available in the golden skin deal.
  • Alpha Phoenix AlphaPhoenix is available in the locked skin deal
September 4, 2020
  • Phoenix now needs to have at least 80% of its health to invite for a 1v1.
September 2, 2020
  • Phoenix animation is now toggleable with /anim-switch:phoenix.
August 11, 2020
  • Phoenix can now hide in the Volcano if it is not erupting or in its preparation stage, losing lava if hiding for more than 20 seconds.
  • Phoenix can now bite animals on trees.
  • Phoenix retouched for balance.
  • Phoenix's animation is now turned off in 1v1s.
March 3, 2020
  • Nerf: Phoenix is 15% slower, has 20% more boost interval, and loses lava if inside a hiding hole or low on lava, in the Desert
  • Phoenix does not get a FoV increase on trees.
December 29, 2019
  • Nerf: Phoenix is 10% slower, has 15% more boost interval, and gains 50% less lava on lava lake, in the Desert
December 23, 2019
  • Golden Phoenix GoldenPhoenix and Alpha Phoenix AlphaPhoenix skins added.
  • Phoenix ability reworked: Fire tornadoes can only be locked onto animals now with a target (releasing W while the target is over the desired animal) and can no longer be summoned freely without a target. Fire tornado movement speed buffed.
  • Phoenix can now enter the Desert and regenerates lava there.
May 24, 2019
  • Phoenix can now spit fireballs with the S key.
  • Phoenixes can no longer set each other on fire with their ability.
February 11, 2019
  • Lava animal mechanics changed. Phoenix now drinks lava from lava lake, regenerate lava/health from Healing Stones, drain lava while walking/boosting, and are immune to lava lake fire.
December 14, 2018
  • Phoenix now teleports to the volcano if upgrading outside.
  • Phoenix now drains lava if it goes a certain distance from Volcano.
  • Phoenix recharges lava if near Volcano.
November 23, 2018
  • The Zombie Infection game mode has been removed, making the Zombie Phoenix Phoenix-Zombie inaccesible.
October 27, 2018
  • With the addition of the Zombie Infection game mode, the Zombie Phoenix Phoenix-Zombie is added. Any Phoenix that gets infected with the zombie virus will have the skin applied.
June 6, 2018
  • Released into the main game.
June 3, 2018
  • Phoenix released in beta. Its fire tornado ability works differently than it does currently: Pressing W would launch a fire tornado that follows the player and chases nearby animals, spitting damaging fireballs occasionally. Fire tornadoes require a bit of lava to summon and despawn after a while. Phoenix also lost lava outside the Volcano.

Gallery

Assets

Note that these assets related to the Phoenix are only visible with animation on. On how to toggle the animation, see below.

In-game

Other media

Footnotes

  1. Discord Luca Anker [@lucaanker] (July 28, 2022). "Also technically alpha phoenix would count, as I originally was going to name it 'blue giant phoenix', but koa ended up deciding on other name" (Message from Mopecord). Screenshot taken on July 29, 2022. Retrieved on May 21, 2025 – via Discord.
  2. "Sky Monster - Monster Tier of the Birds"‎ (December 30, 2018). Reddit. Retrieved on December 2, 2024.